Terms 61-85

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PLAY

a) a period of keeping awake during the time usually spent asleep, usually to watch or pray b) the eve of a festival or holy day

Credulity

tendency to be too ready to believe something is real or true

Truculent

eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant

Discord

(n) disagreement between people (v) to disagree

Permeate

to spread throughout (something); pervade

Prodigality

noun of a) spending money or resources freely or recklessly b) having or giving something a lavish scale

Strident

loud and harsh, grating; presenting a point of view, especially a controversial one, in an excessively and unpleasantly forceful way

Obstinate

stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade on to do so

Corpulent

fat

Girded

encircled/secured with a belt or band

Convivial

friendly, lively, enjoyable

Innuendo

an allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one

Modish

conforming or following what is currently popular and fashionable

Feudal

according to, resembling, of denoting the system or feudalism (he dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection.)

Futile

incapable of producing any useful result; pointless

Jovial

cheerful and friendly

Menagerie

a collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition

Provincial

a) of or concerning a province of a country or empire b) of or concerning the regions outside the capital of a country

Defunct

no longer existing or functioning

Dissent (sich)

(v) to hold or express opinions that are at variance with those previously, commonly, or officially expressed (n) the expression or holding of opinions at variance with those previously, commonly or officially held

Ambiguous (ly)

a) open to more than one interpretation; having double meaning b) unclear or inexact because a choice between alternatives has not been made

Ambivalent

having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone